Can't play music continuously over slides

[Teresa E]

I've tried all of the option below, yet music still will not play when I
click to next slide.

Can someone please help. I have PP 2000XP.

Thanks,
Teri

Go to the slide where you want the sound to begin playing
Choose Insert, Movies and Sounds, then click Sound From Clip Organizer (or
Sound From File) to insert the sound. If you don't want the sound icon to
appear in the slide show, drag it just off the slide.
Say yes when asked if you want the sound to play automatically. If you are
not asked this, don't worry, the next steps will let you set that (or
double-check the settings if you were asked and said yes.)
Right-click the sound's icon and pick Custom Animation from the popup menu.
The Custom Animation pane will open and your sound file should be listed.
Click the arrow directly to the right of the sound icon to pull down the
various options.
Select Effect Options, and on the Effects tab, click the radio button beside
Stop Playing after XXX slides. Put 999 in the box so the track will play
throughout all your slides, even if you go back and forth among slides. PPT
considers each transition a "slide," so you want to put a large number in
there.
Now check the settings in the Timing tab. To play automatically, the timing
should be set to Start After Previous with a 0-second delay.Click OK to close
the dialog box.

 

[Michael Koerner]

Looks like you followed the steps correctly. Just out of curiosity, what is on the next slide

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I've tried all of the option below, yet music still will not play when I
click to next slide.

Can someone please help. I have PP 2000XP.

Thanks,
Teri

Go to the slide where you want the sound to begin playing
Choose Insert, Movies and Sounds, then click Sound From Clip Organizer (or
Sound From File) to insert the sound. If you don't want the sound icon to
appear in the slide show, drag it just off the slide.
Say yes when asked if you want the sound to play automatically. If you are
not asked this, don't worry, the next steps will let you set that (or
double-check the settings if you were asked and said yes.)
Right-click the sound's icon and pick Custom Animation from the popup menu.
The Custom Animation pane will open and your sound file should be listed.
Click the arrow directly to the right of the sound icon to pull down the
various options.
Select Effect Options, and on the Effects tab, click the radio button beside
Stop Playing after XXX slides. Put 999 in the box so the track will play
throughout all your slides, even if you go back and forth among slides. PPT
considers each transition a "slide," so you want to put a large number in
there.
Now check the settings in the Timing tab. To play automatically, the timing
should be set to Start After Previous with a 0-second delay.Click OK to close
the dialog box.

 

[alexbear88]

PowerPoint allows you to play a sound clip through the whole
presentation. If you are using PowerPoint 2007, do the following:
1. Open the presentation you created, and locate the slide you want to
insert music to.
2. Click "Insert" tab, find the sound icon on the right most of the
ribbon menu. Locate the sound clips that you want to insert. Click OK.
3. A dialog will be prompted to ask you if would like to start the
sound when the slide is shown, click "Automatically". Now the sound is
inserted, and it will be played when the current slide is played.

If you want the sound be played through multiple slides, do the
following:
1. Click "Animations" tab, click "Custom Animation" in the Animations
group.
2. Find the sound clip on the animation list, which is shown on the
right part of the PowerPoint window. Double click it.
3. On the Play sound dialog, choose "After" under "Stop playing".
Enter the number of slides you want this sound to be played.
4. Click Sound settings tab, enable "Hide sound icon during slide
show", Click OK.

 

[John Wilson]

Could you maybe have another sound on the next slide or in the next slide
transition or maybe the slide transition sound is set to "stop previous
sound"?
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